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" The police force cannot be completely independent of the executive government. "

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" A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years. "

" Government should take care of those in America who can't care for themselves. That's a role of government. "

" The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. "

" Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds. "

John Perry Barlow

" Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. "

" If the law is upheld only by government officials, then all law is at an end. "

" The reason this country continues its drift toward socialism and big nanny government is because too many people vote in the expectation of getting something for nothing, not because they have a concern for what is good for the country. "

" I believe that, as Americans, our freedoms come from God and not government, and include the rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. "

" The question really is, are you improving the world? And you can do that in many models. You can do that in government, you can do that in a nonprofit, and you can do it in commercial enterprise. "

" Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program. "

Milton Friedman

" Everyone calls me Bruno; they don't ever call me Peter - that was just my government name. "

" I believe however that peace is attainable regardless of the Arabs mentality, society or government. "

" The U.S. immigration laws are bad - really, really bad. I'd say treatment of immigrants is one of the greatest injustices done in our government's name. "

" Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home. "

William E. Gladstone

" You have six of the ten wealthiest counties in America surround Washington, D.C., and the poor and middle class are getting squeezed while people at the top and people with influence in government seem always to be doing better. "

" What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? "

" The war on drugs has made government more powerful, citizens less free, and hasn't helped users or addicts. "

Victor Mitchell

" Evidence points out that if you raise tariffs too much it will increase smuggling. "

" Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question. "

Thomas Jefferson

" Well, no one gives aid to Zimbabwe through the Mugabe government. "

" Today, to allege corruption seems to be the pastime of most people. All kinds of allegations are leveled. I think it is self-defeating. "

" The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse. "

" We cannot afford to balance the budget on the backs of America's middle class and seniors and must do what it takes to strengthen Social Security and Medicare, including enabling the government to negotiate the price of prescription drugs. "

Raja Krishnamoorthi

" There is no virtue in compulsory government charity, and there is no virtue in advocating it. A politician who portrays himself as 'caring' and 'sensitive' because he wants to expand the government's charitable programs is merely saying that he's willing to try to do good with other people's money. "

" Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. "

Theodore Roosevelt

" For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best. "

" The Great Depression, like most other periods of severe unemployment, was produced by government mismanagement rather than by any inherent instability of the private economy. "

Milton Friedman

" All government, of course, is against liberty. "

" I thought the irreducible requirements of Republicanism were being for life, small government, and a strong national defense. "

" It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for. "